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6th February 2024, 18:11 #291
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i will use fourmaux again as an example:
there is just nothing to stop objects coming in from the side. even things that would create just a big dent in a normal metal door could become lethal in these plastic cars.
They added a second hoop, but they should have also added a 1 or 2mm thick metal plate between the hoops and between the X in the doors instead of just foam.
it would add just a few kg's at max, but that would be the same for all so it doesn't matter.
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6th February 2024, 19:01 #292
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Windows are still unprotected.
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7th February 2024, 00:01 #293
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A thin sheet of steel isn't enough. Anybody else here remember the Marcus Gronholm "Timo's ass …" quote when something came through the floor of the car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAGbrM-MMRk
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7th February 2024, 09:54 #294
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I think that here the door simply fell off. A layer of sheet metal on the door laying somewhere in the bushes would change nothing on the safety.
The proper request in that case is to request hinge and lock design which must keep the door shut during an accident (needs to be exactly defined by the rules) and in the same time can not get stuck. It's nothing new, every stock car needs to fulfill such requirement. I guess that something was done because I don't remember the cars loosing door anymore.Last edited by Mirek; 7th February 2024 at 09:56.
Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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7th February 2024, 10:07 #295
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7th February 2024, 10:27 #296
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7th February 2024, 11:17 #297
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As Mirek said over and over again, laws of physics are universal... here the wooden slat went through the metal door like nothing and pierced into the seat
https://youtu.be/Pg5IhwnQmVo?si=QbXv2JuZ98LtPmxz&t=260
https://youtu.be/vsmrBJGfDbc?si=vEBdwSeQjyTZHzZp&t=37
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7th February 2024, 11:41 #298
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I don't mean a metal sheet in the door, I mean a 2mm metal plate welded to the rollcage. You can't stop everything because the driver still needs to see outside, but a lot of openings that he doesn't need could be closed way better than they are now.
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7th February 2024, 14:02 #299
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Even if the comparison is very imperfect because of the penetrator cross section I'll go back to the pistol bullet. It has an energy equivalent to a WRC car moving at only 2 km/h but it can penetrate 4 mm of steel. A car moving at 20 km/h has 86x more energy. What You propose would help just a little and it would bring about 20 kg weight in places which are inconvenient for the vehicle performance.
Stupid is as stupid does. Forrest Gump
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7th February 2024, 14:54 #300
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European Rally Championship remembers Craig Breen:
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